Because if he plans on touring the empire in the Middle East, he'll have to run for US president, first.

this non-story, checking out who replied to your comments all through the day. It's like people who have a Facebook status and hope it's liked. It's sort of sad for a middle aged woman to be like this.

Agreed! I share that pride!

since his mother Princess Andrew of Greece is buries there (Alice, a Greek Orthodox nun who took her vow to be a wife of the Lord later in life and did much for charities.)

Although American posters like to say Britain is turning Islamic, the 2011 census showed that about four and a half percent of Brits are Muslims and about 95% are non-Muslims. That's not quite a Muslim society. For every Muslim in the UK there are two or three in the USA, depending on whose figures you trust.

The League of Nations Mandate was not meant to last forever. Fortunately the Brits stopped the German advance across North Africa before the Germans reached Palestine. Regarding the Empire, you will be happy to know the British Commonwealth of 54 nations such as Canada, Australia, India, South Africa ... is doing very well as the successor of the Empire.

According to the 2011 Census, in England and Wales about fifty million people speak English or Welsh in Wales as their first language, followed by about half a million Polish speakers. Arabic came in seventh place with about 160,000 speakers. That means about one third of one percent of Brits are native Arabic speakers. Not quite a majority.

Charles and Camilla are in the Middle East at the moment with the King and Queen of Jordan, after visiting the Saudi King and the first women appointed to the King's Council.